Generation and reactivity of the dehydrotropylium-Co2(CO)6 ion.
Dehydrotropylium-Co(2)(CO)(6) ion (2) has been generated by the Lewis acid mediated ionization of alcohol (3); it is attacked by relatively strong nucleophiles (N>1), but undergoes a radical homocoupling in the presence of weak nucleophiles (N<1).
Amiralaei
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Department of Chemistry and Chemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada N9B 3P4.
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James R
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